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7 Admin. L. Rev. Accord 101 (2022)

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                    COMMENT




  EPHEMERAL BY NATURE: HOW THE U.S.

       COPYRIGHT OFFICE CAN ENSURE

PROTECTIONS OF STREET ART BY FIXING

         THE DEFINITION OF FIXATION


                          TAYLOR  GANTZ*


INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 102
II.BACKGROUND   .................................................................................. 104
      A.  Significance of Street Art ............................................................ 104
      B.  Historical Expansion ofArtists' Copyrights.................................... 105
III.OVERVIEW  OF COPYRIGHT   ACT AND  VARA  REQUIREMENTS....... 108
      A.  The Impact of a Piece's Legality .................................................. 108
      B.  The Impact of a Piece's Recognized Stature.................................... 110
      C.  The Impact of a Piece's Length of Fixation .................................... 111
IV.A CIRCUIT  SPLIT REGARDING  FIXATION........................................ 112
V.ADMINISTRATIVE   OVERSIGHT   OF MORAL  RIGHTS  ......................... 115
V I.R E COM M ENDATION    ........................................................................ 116
CONCLUSION   ....................................................................................... 121






   * J.D. Candidate, American University Washington College of Law (2023); B.S.
Kinesiology, Michigan State University (2016). I would like to thank Professor Andrew Popper
for his mentorship and unwavering support throughout the law school process. I am also
tremendously grateful to Cannon Jurrens, Arielle Kafker, and Cassady Cohick as well as the
Administrative Law Review for their essential drafting and editing assistance. Special credit to my
favorite ramen spot for supplying me with the fuel and WiFi to write this piece, and the friends
who patiently listened and cheered me on. My heartfelt thanks to my mom and step -dad for
teaching me the value of artistic expression and last, but certainly not least, for my friends
devoted to the arts your creativity and brilliance never ceases to amaze me.


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